#laughter

Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there. ↗

— Judith Viorst

#because #close #close friends #contribute #friends

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

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I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

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The house of laughter makes a house of woe. ↗

— Edward Young

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Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#counterfeit #intonation #laughing #laughter #mind

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. ↗

— Jean Houston

#height #into #kaleidoscope #laughter #new

Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#laughter #mainspring

Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart. ↗

— Mort Walker

#brush #cobwebs #heart #laughter #sweeps

The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release endorphins into your system, which act as a natural mood elevator. In Norman Cousin's book, Anatomy of an Illness, Cousin's describes the regimen he followed to overcome a serious debilitating disease he was suffering from. It included large doses of laughter and humor. Published in 1976, his book has been widely accepted by the medical community. ↗

— Cherie Carter-Scott

#medicine #life